Author photo, Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park
What could go wrong with this?
At r/NationalPark, it was noted that the Lilly Endowment is giving $100 million to the National Park Service's charity, the National Park Foundation.
As I said?
Yep, our suck-ass American health care system is going to try to fix our ailing national parks!
Besides the parent company ripping Americans off on medications? The endowment is big on religion-related donations. And, per one comment at that subreddit, has also contributed to climate denialists, the Hudson Institute and the Federalist Society.
Plus, a gift this size, one-tenth of the foundation's entire fund drive, could lead to general big-swinging-dick-itis.
And, the National Parks Foundation, while started with the best of purposes, has itself become more and more neoliberalized. Its partnership with the NPS on that organization's centennial, courtesy of Dear Leader and his private-sector Interior boss, Sally Jewell, was proof positive of that. And, related to this story, insurance giant Humana was part of that. (And, beyond that story, before running REI, Jewell had a "dirty" background including time at eXXXon, or, to be precise, pre-merger Mobil, which is bad enough. She was also a "drill, baby, drill" person. No wonder she was "drill, baby, drill" — had old bosses to satisfy.
Celebrate 100 years in the national parks! Don't injure yourself if you can't afford one of our insurance plans, or one of our opioid medications.
And, don't forget to tip jar the whores at places like NPCA, the National Parks Conservation Association. Per that link, they're sellouts as well as whores for touting national recreation areas that violate NPS' Organic Act.
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